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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-zent-muhnt
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɛnt mənt



Definition of resentment

Origin :
  • 1610s, from French ressentiment (16c.), verbal noun from ressentir (see resent).
  • "Ridicule often parries resentment, but resentment never yet parried ridicule." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
  • noun hate, anger
Example sentences :
  • Harriett had a little shock of dismay and resentment, hating change.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • By expecting it from others half our resentment is forestalled.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • The face of the Gascon darkened, and his eyes flashed with resentment.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She dropped into her chair, with a flash of resentment at the proximity of the other table.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • But she is cunning in love's ways and dulls Shakespeare's resentment with "I don't hate you."
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Her eyes were bent upon the floor, and a look, not now of resentment, but of—was it fear?
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • This resentment was seldom expressed, but its flame scorched her soul.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Rulledge demanded, with a resentment which we felt so droll in him that we laughed.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • But nevertheless I am very far from blaming you for your resentment.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Lumley, burning with resentment, longed to decline the offer; but, alas!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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